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only on al jazeera america. the hunt is on for this suspect in the brussels airport attack. this is al jazeera live from doha. the other top stories. syria meeting in moscow. john kerry is call for the reduction in violence and more humanitarian assistance. bosnian serb war time leader awaits his verdict on war crimes >> reporter: i'm in this refugee camp where these refugees are going back home.
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i am be talking to them about their fears and hopes as they start a new journey to rebuild their lives in somalia there is fear an anger in brussels after tuesday's attack which killed 31 people and injured hundreds others. people are being frisked before entering the metro stations and the airport is due to remain closed at least until friday. >> i was very sad at first. now we feel anger. we cannot understand why necessity did the. everybody really feels anger and some people even revenge which is not so good feeling there are now reports that a second man may have been involved in the bombing at the
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brussels metro station and the hunt is still on to find suspected bomber who was seen at the brussels air part. there appears to have been three bombers at the airport. two are dead. this man is believed to be on the run after his explosives failed to detonate properly. miss identity are not known. the two suspect who died at the airport was najim laachraoui. the other brahim el-bakraoui also died. he had been deported from turkey after being detained at the syrian turkish border last june. he was released due to lack of evidence. his brother khalid el-bakraoui is believed to have carried outlet suicide bombing at the metro. he was also a paris suspect. dominic, what are we expecting to happen today? >> reporter: we were expecting
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that salah abdeslam, who is being held in the maximum security prison, would make an appearance today at court here in brussels for the start of proceedings against him here. it ourns out that that is not going to happen. we understand that his lawyer appealed for a two-week post opponent and that was granted. we understand that salah abdeslam has, according to his lawyer, refused to coordinate with investigators since tuesday's events which sheds more light on the situation regarding his detention and regarding him clearly. insofar as other things that are happening in brussels today, we know that there will be a meeting of the e.u.'s interior and justice ministers, an emergency meeting clearly called to discuss what has happened here in belgium, in brussels, and to see what can be done about in at the european level. insofar as the security presence in brussels is concerned here in
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the city center, while certainly people are being frisked, we are seeing troops of soldiers heavily armed soldiers patrolling the streets looking for any signs of trouble and also as a clear deterrent, perhaps, to any possibility of trouble, any possibility of fresh violence occurring. insofar as the way that the media is covering the events today, as you alluded to the possibility of somebody else being involved, the newspaper basically saying that it believes that the government here let the suicide bombers go. inside their pages they also talk about the possibility that khalid el-bakraoui, one of the brothers, the person who blew himself up in maebeek, was seen talking to somebody else there. one our newspaper, a well-known-- other newspaper, another well-known newspaper, saying the emotion of the
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country, being belgium, clearly that is being shown here today. i saw one young man who has come here writing a message on the ground mere saying that belgians need to keep their sense that they're facing, that they should keep their sense of joy. he lost his father in the explosion the high emotions, a sense of tension must be extreme, mustn't it? >> reporter: that's right. you have effectively here two emotions, if you want to put it that way. there is the sense that people feel that now this is becoming routine, it is becoming the norm, this sort of maximum security presence and this threat to their city. the editor of a well-known news outlet a few days ago saying that how does one explain to one's children the sights that they have seen and the fact of soldiers with their fingers on
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the trigger walking around, worried about the possibility of more violence. that's on the one side. then there is also this growing sense of what could the government have done about this, perhaps, to prevent what has happened, given that we've heard president erdogan say that one of the expected suicide bombers was deported from turkey back to europe and they say that the belgium government were fully aware of them. we know that the two brothers have records for violence and people say perhaps more could have been done. those certainly are two of the over riding emotions people feel here in brussels today thank you very much for that. violence continues in syria between government and opposition fighters despite a recent ceasefire. the opposition has killed 20 members of the pro-government forces during clashes near the town in easten ghouta. two opposition fighters killed and several others injured in
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air strikes which hit in the damascus countryside. one of the most senior officials of the european union has met with the head of the syrian government delegation e she held a closed door meeting with alhjaffari and met with the main opposition agency and staffan de mistura. this is all interlinked. staffan de mistura says brussels under mines an imperative to finding a resolution but we're not any nearer are we? >> reporter: because if you're going to fight i.s.i.l. on the ground in syria, having a stable government in damascus, having an end to the war across the rest of syria is key. that's what they're trying to achieve in these talks. they're not making a lot of progress. the syrian government delegation
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led by aljaffari. the syrian government delicatessen gapings said on wednesday effectively goodbye to all the journalists and we will see you at the next round. they have been persuaded to come back for a last meaning and the main opposition block, the high negotiating committee, will be here in a few hours for their final meeting as this round of talks draws to a close, but no progress on the big issues. the big issue of political transition, it seems the syrian government in this round of talks have not been prepared to engage, the syrian government also on the pressure of detainees. no detainees, prisoners from syrian government jails has been released as has been demanded by the international community. there is pressure on the syrian government because of humanitarian access. there are besieged areas, particularly douma and derayaa that the u.n. hasn't been able to get access to. on the cessation of hostilities, which is good news, three and a half weeks we've had a significant reduction of
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violence, the main violations has been from the syrian government side. it is not just the efforts here in geneva, but outside efforts to bej this all along, knock it all along, try and get some process, guess the government to make concessions and those meetingss are happening in moscow thank you for that. lots of diplomacy going on. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says he wants to see further reductions in violence and greater humanitarian assistance flowing into syria. kerry is pressing his russian counterpart over a political transition in syria during a meeting in moscow. he is expected to discuss the future too of the president bashar al-assad in later talks with president putin. tell us more about what's on the table at these talks. what is at stake.
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>> reporter: at stake is actually these talks that are going on in geneva and certainly trying to put pressure on the syrian government to start talking, as james said, about the core issues, trying to put in place the mechanism that will lead to a transitional government. obviously, the u.s. and russia don't see eye to eye when it comes to the future of bashar al-assad himself. russia does see a role for him whereas the u.s. repeatedly said that he would have no role in a transitional government. something also that the opposition will have a hard time accepting. now, kerry and la rov have met and in their opening statement they made it clear, especially secretary of state john kerry, that he was expecting some substantial progress at the end of today, that after he met his meeting with lavrov and then later on in the afternoon, both
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men will head to the kremlin and kerry will have the meeting there with vut vladimir putin. it is only after that, that there will be a press conference and we will find out what exactly has been agreed upon thanks very much for that. the u.n. court is due to deliver a verdict on the former leader of bosnian serbs. >> reporter: it is not so long ago that a european capital city echoed to the sounds of war. in the countryside people were herded into camps. in one town thousands of men and boys were massacred. they're still digging up bones today. this man, president of the bosnian serbs in the early 90s
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is accused of responsibility for these crimes, the siege of sarajevo, ethnic cleansing, a massacre. a psychiatrist, poet, ecologist, the role of war time leader didn't always seem a nature fit. after the war he disappeared. nato forces alonged for him all over bosnia, but he was in neighboring serbia, not hiding in secret but sgifd in public as an mistic heeler. when he was caught and taken to the haig, his trial lasted five years. defiant he defended himself. >> translation: my conscientious is clear. -- conscience is clear. i expect and i trust that the chamber will study carefully all the evidence. if that happens, i have no doubt the judgment of acquittal will
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follow. >> reporter: in bosnia many essentials still believe they were the victims. this week they gathered to maim a building in honor of karadich. today's leader of bosnia serbs call the trial a humiliation. he said he was subject to selective justice. what about sarajevo, his home for three decades but on which his serb forces turned their guns. this man was shot by a sniper 21 years ago. what would a verdict in his trial mean to him? >> i'm looking forward to it. not because it will be any big satisfaction, but a step towards restoring the faith in our society today. >> reporter: for those who lost loved ones, the verdict is important, but if his trial was meant to reconcile bosnia to its past, well, it hasn't worked out
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that way. the guns have fallen silent but this country is as divided as ever still to come on the program. >> what do we want? >> justice. when do you would you want it? >> now protesters calling for a change in the justice system following the death of an indigenous woman in police custody. also the man changing the future of orungtan,s
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police in belgium are looking for a suspect who was seen on a security camera at brussels airport just before the explosions on tuesday. there are also reports that a second man involved in the bombing of the metro is also still at large. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says he wants to see further reductions in violence and greater humanitarian assistance. he is pressing his russian counterpart over a political transition in the country as the two meet in moscow today. >> reporter: the u.n. at the hague to hand down a verdict in the war leader plans are underway to repatriate more somali refugees who have been living in kenya. around 12,000 people have gone home so far under a voluntary program that the u.n. started in 2014. another 50,000 are expected to return to somalia this year.
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more than 300,000 remain in camps in eastern kenya. >> reporter: under the blistering mid-morning sun 249 somalis collect what might be their last aid package as a refugee here. they receive money to start them off. they give up their refugee status. today they get to go home. this woman and her husband are taking their six children back to southern somalia. they have been away for the last eight years. she told me it was a tough choice that had to be made. >> translation: i'm going back to buy some animals and become self-sufficient. i'm concerned about the security, but i have been told that my neighborhood is safe. >> reporter: most of the refugees are from southern somalia. they will be back to the border
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town. from there they will find their way home. >> reporter: there is excitement in this bus. they're anxious. they're cautious at the same time. they've been given nonfood items like blankets and $120 each to restart their lives in somalia. some who are repatriated have come back to the camp. she went to mogadishu with her eight children in august last year. they returned earlier this month. she said she was attacked and injured. >> translation: my children were traumatised. they couldn't sleep at night because of the constant gunfire and bombs. they kept saying they want to go back here. >> reporter: roughly 12,000 people have returned since the program started a little over a year ago. this is a small number, but u.n.
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officials say the number of refugees registering go home is increasing and only a few are reappearing as refugees in kenya. >> in three months it was as many as were sent back in a whole year in 2013. people continue to go. around 20,000 have gone. >> reporter: there is still a lot of uncertainty and violence in many parts of somalia and those going back are worried about their cyst, but they're also proud to be going matrimonial home to rebuild their lives in dignitity the u.n. is setting up a commission to investigate human rights abuses in south sudan. it is after a u.n. report found atrocities have been committed since 2013. a panel will look at whether
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raps and attacks on women constitute as war crimes. more than two million people have been displaced. u.s. president obama is in argentina trying to build better relations. u.s. involvement in a dark period of the soun american country's history has cast a shadow over the visit. >> reporter: an historic visit. he came all the way to argentina to mend ties with the latin america's third largest economy. >> the president is a man in a hurry. i'm impressed because he has moved rapidly on so many of the reforms that he promised to create more sustainable and inclusive economic growth and to reconnect argentina with the global economy and the world's community. >> reporter: for more than a decade argentina and the u.s. were at odds.
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former president kirchner and her husband were closer to venezuela and china than the united states. now things have changed with macri who is promising market friendly policies that will bring argentina closer in line to the u.s. >> translation: we take this visit as a sign of friendship at a time when argentina is looking to a new horizon, a new change. our countries have similar values. >> reporter: he and bomb agreed to cooperate on trade, technology and a fight against drug trafficking and terrorism. but obama's trip coined sides with the military coup that marked the beginning of what many say was a brutal dictatorship that would last for seven years. that's why left wing groups gathered to protest against obama's visit >> translation: it is disrespectful that the president of a country that trained and
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prepared the dictators is coming to argentina at this time. >> reporter: people here see the u.s. not only as a country that supported the dictatorship 40 years ago, but also as a nation that continues to violate human rights around the world. that's why these people say that obama is not welcome here. this man says it won't bring any betters to argentina. >> translation: the only thing we see from this is that the rich are going to be richer and the poor, poorer. it's what they do in countries like this one >> reporter: macri and obama see it differently. they see this alliance will bring more benefit than pain aircraft experts say debris found on a beach is very probably from the malaysia airlines flight which disappeared two years agoment australian government experts say pieces of metal discovered by a teenager on holiday are
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part of the fuselage of the bowing 777. it has been the mowing baffling aviation mystery ever indigenous people in australia are calling for an over haul in the way they are treated by the justice system. the call comes as an inquest is underway into the death of an aboriginal woman being held in a police station in remote western australia. >> reporter: this lady was 22 and a victim of domestic violence. when police arrived to investigate, they arrested her for having unpaid fines. she was brought here to south hedland police station twice after complaining of feeling unwell she was taken in the back of a police van to the local hospital. twice after a quick check over, she was returned to her cell. her condition deteriorated. she said she couldn't feel her
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legs. she vomited several times. but police officers believed she was faking illness. they dragged her across her cell only when she fell unconscious and they couldn't find a pulse did they take her back to hospital. she died of pneumonia and blood poisoning. >> they knew she wrats sick. why didn't they ring an ambulance and take her. no. they chucked her in the back of the pad ee wagon and take her and that's not right. >> reporter: her death has angered indigenous australians who have had enough of people dying in custody. about 1400 australians have since 1980, among them a disproportionate number of aboriginal people because they make up a disproportionate high number of those in prison. after much public pressure an inquest is underway looking at the exact circumstances of her death and whether she was a victim of institutional racism. also in the spotlight is whether people should be sent to prison
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for small unpaid fines. a top policy sigs accepts something needs to change >> there are too many young people in our prison system often for what might be seen as relatively minor offences. >> reporter: her family says addressing that can't come soon enough >> she paid the biggest price. i want the truth and the justice for her. >> reporter: justice former and change for others ran orangutans are facing extinction in indonesia. time is running out to save them. an australian zooologist is trying to ensure the apes have somewhere to list. >> reporter: across indonesia forests are being razed.
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these are the creatures paying the price >> one mistake people make when trying to reconnect with these creatures, is they're not a mindless animal. they're a person. >> reporter: he is on a mission. he is one of the first person to reintroduce interous a rescued orangutan into the wild. he is taking matters into his own hands. using donations on large tracts of land to ensure the forest s are are not bulldozed. >> we've got control and lease of everything north of here. this is the front line to have a functioning ecosystem in this area. >> reporter: they have trabs forked the-- transformed the 34,000 hectares from a former logging station into a reserve for endangered animals. after training them to fend for themselves in the wild, this is where they release the orangutan
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who have been orphaned or kept illegally as pets. >> all up 178 orangutans have gone back into the forest, and inhabiting this ecosystem at the moment. we're hoping to keep reintroducing to get a base of a minimum of 200 and to 500. ultimately we hope the population expands so there's 2,000 orangutans living in a sustainable population here forever. >> reporter: now free to roam through the jungle, this population of orangutans has already started breeding independently. >> living wild is one thing, but reproducing in the wild is the ultimate goal. >> reporter: on the other side, they believe they have made a discovery of a new species of orangutan. it was previously thought that there were only two species
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here, but now his team are almost certain a new species exist in the forest. they're calling it the tappanewly orangutan. >> it is isolated, it is genetically different and it's a different environment. it will move in april different direction to the other population. sooner or later evolution will dictate that it will be a new species. >> reporter: he works with indonesian forest rangers to keep illegal loggers and poachers out of the forest, but in a country where countless acres have already been destroyed and palm oil is a money earner, making the forest safe for orangutans is a never-ending battle new zealand is keeping their old flag. more than two million people have voted in a national pole. 57% said yes to keeping the current flag with the british
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union jack. 434% said no. they wanted the flag dating back to 1902 and the island's colonial heritage. aljazeera.com is the address for all the news that we've been covering. aren't even citizens. no doubt this week's attacks in belgium will heat up the rhetoric on immigration in the united states. donald trump spopped almost immediately saying, quote, we have to have strong borders, we have to be very vigilant and careful who we allow into our country. some immigration analysts are already harping on the visa waiver program that lets immigrants into the united states with little scrutiny they say. thousands or millions of